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- From: jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras)
- Subject: Re: Prices on c.s.n.announce
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.172910.19278@cube.handheld.com>
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- Organization: Hand Held Products, Inc.
- References: <1992Aug28.230103.2854@ifi.unizh.ch>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 17:29:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug28.230103.2854@ifi.unizh.ch> lytras@avalon.physik.unizh.ch
- (Lytras Apostolos) writes:
- >
- > The "comp.newprod" newsgroup is NOT an exception to this rule:
- > product announcements are screened by a moderator in an attempt to
- > keep the hype-to-information ratio in check.
- >
- You consider price to be 'hype', rather than 'information', I take it.
-
- > Just my 0.02 sFr.
- >
- > - Apostolos
- >
- > --
- > lytras@ifi.unizh.ch | Apostolos Lytras
- > lytras@avalon.physik.unizh.ch | Informatik Club der Uni
- > lytras@amiga.physik.unizh.ch | Zuerich, SysAdmin
-
- Yes, keep the hype down. But the 4-5 ascii chars that involve the price, and
- are usually replaced in place with 'x's, will save the net many more bytes of
- traffic.
-
- Jim
-